From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza and Alfonso Depablos @AlfCharts
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It has all the big names and more.
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Buyers were hammering a key retracement level from below. The way I learned it, "The more times a level is tested, the higher the likelihood it breaks."
Three months later…
The July contract is knocking on the door – again!
How polite.
Check out July cotton nearing the January 2022 closing high of 88.34:
It's been a good run for many of our bullish long trades. As such, it wouldn't surprise me if stocks took a bit of a breather soon.
And considering so many stocks we've been tracking are starting to look pretty extended, I'm going to go fishing in the weak stocks pond to find some opportunities for portfolio diversification in the event that stocks go sideways or dip a little bit in the weeks ahead.
One nice thing is the stock market lift this week has really zapped options premiums across the board. So today's trade offers us a somewhat rare opportunity to get responsibly short with long puts.
